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Before reading 1984 and the articles themselves, before studying and expanding my knowledge of terror and tyranny, I could see how fear held us back and had to be laced through a totalitarian society for the state to maintain power. I could see how a totalitarian society would not function well and I didnt understand how they made it work. However now I realize that fear is the fundamental piece. All authors adding another layer of understanding and expand my knowledge of the psychology of fear and how we act when we are in a constant state of it. Before researching I had no idea about the intricacies of our brains and the primitive impulses that have stood the test of time and continue to influence us even though civilization has changed drastically. I now appreciate the ups and downs of fear, as well as how it can both benefit and hinder us. While I agree with the majority of the points, there is one that I am still uncertain about. That's how we lose our capacity to think at all during fight or flight; I've heard of people being frozen from fear, but I've never come close to feeling it. I understand fear holding us back from doing things as I have countless experiences where this has happened in my own life but there has never been a time in my life that I have succumbed to enough terror to render me unable to think or move. Out in the big surf, being pulled under with each wave until I'm out of breath, getting caught in rips, jumping off 12 meter cliffs I've been at peace. Seeing people close to me hurt themselves to the extent of serious brain injury first hand I've always been able to think and act rationally and calmly. I can't remember a time in my life when I couldn't think straight. I've had moments of enough emotion to rip my heart out of my chest but life goes on, grief and fear are two different things. I feel that was overstated but there is also a possibility I don't have enough life experience to understand the true extent of fear and the toll it can take on the human mind. Through the eyes of my peers and the stories I've heard from others I can see why the authors mention this state of being. I lack a primal first hand understanding. I have not experienced true unfiltered gut wrenching fear, although I'm sure if I was faced with death and situations like those told in 1984 things would be different. Fear is what holds us down; it is what prevents us from searching for and discovering our purpose, as well as living the life we desire. Fear serves as a keystone of the arch that is totalitarianism, because if it did not exist within an authoritarian state, the system would collapse. The studied secondary sources provided me with a more in-depth understanding of the novel 1984 and the inner workings of the party. Many of the author's views on fear have shown the degree to which this type of regime relies on and requires fear. It is plain to see that for a functioning totalitarian regime fear is the most fundamental part.